Lenny Rush

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Lenny Rush
Born (2009-03-18) 18 March 2009 (age 15)
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present
Notable work

Lenny Rush (born 18 March 2009) is a British BAFTA-winning child actor. He is best known for his work on the Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable?, on the BBC One series Dodger and the CBBC drama The Dumping Ground. He won a breakthrough award at the 2023 National Comedy Awards, and won the Breakthrough Award and Best Comedy Performance (Male) at the 2023 Royal Television Society Programme Awards.

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Early life

Born to Steve and Lisa Rush, [1] Lenny is from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.

Career

Rush first appeared on camera on the CBeebies documentary Our Family. He began acting locally at the Pauline Quirke Academy in Essex. He played roles on CBeebies series Apple Tree House and CBBC's The Dumping Ground and had played Tiny Tim in versions of A Christmas Carol both on stage at The Old Vic in London in 2017 and 2018, and on-screen in a Steven Knight televised retelling of the Charles Dickens classic in 2019. [2] [3]

Rush was given a series regular role in the comedy drama Dodger alongside Christopher Eccleston. Initially a small role called The Sweeper, the part was expanded for Rush and given the character name Morgan. [4] Rush also had the role of Ollie in Daisy May Cooper’s BBC One comedy Am I Being Unreasonable? , in which he was able to improvise as well as perform lines. [5] He received praise for his performance in the show, with Lucy Mangan writing in The Guardian , “What a gift they have in Rush, who has the comic chops and emotional range of an actor twice his age, and the kind of chemistry with Cooper that is an absolute joy to watch." [6]

He also made a notable appearance on BBC One charity money-raising show Children In Need in 2022. [7] Rush won the Breakthrough Award, and Comedy Performance (Male) Award, for Am I Being Unreasonable? at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards in March 2023. [8]

In June 2023, it was announced that Rush would portray Morris Gibbons, UNIT's new scientific advisor, in the fourteenth series of Doctor Who , [9] after having been initially cast as the voice of Eric in "Space Babies", before being cast in a larger role. [10] [11]

In October 2023, it was announced that Rush would become the first-ever child presenter at the age of 14 to co-host the 2023 Children in Need appeal. [12]

In November 2023 Rush was the winner of Taskmaster New Year’s Treat 2024. [13]

Accolades

Rush was voted Best Breakthrough at the I Talk Telly Awards in December 2022. [14] It was announced in January 2023 that he would receive a breakthrough award at the 2023 National Comedy Awards. [15] On 29 March 2023, he won two awards at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards: the Breakthrough Award, and Best Comedy Performance (Male). [16] [17] In May 2023, he won the BAFTA for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for his work on Am I Being Unreasonable?

Personal life

Rush has a medical condition called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita which affects his growth, resulting in dwarfism. [18] [19]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018-2019 Apple Tree House Eli4 episodes
2019 A Christmas Carol Tiny Tim Miniseries
2020Old Vic on Camera: A Christmas CarolTiny Tim
2021–2022 The Dumping Ground Murphy7 episodes
2021–2023 Dodger Morgan/The SweeperRecurring role
2022 Enola Holmes 2 Newspaper boyFilm
2022–present Am I Being Unreasonable? OllieLead role (6 episodes)
2023 Best Interests George1 episode
Haunting of the Queen Mary Lukas CaulderFilm
Children in Need HimselfPresenter
2024 Doctor Who Morris Gibbons Series 14
Taskmaster HimselfNew Years Special

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References

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  2. ↑ "Scene Stealer: Child actor Lenny Rush's rise to fame". BBC.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Lenny, 10, is the star of the show this Christmas". Southend Echo.
  4. ↑ "I TALK TO Lenny Rush". Italktelly.com.
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  6. ↑ "Am I Being Unreasonable? review – Daisy May Cooper is absurdly brilliant". The Guardian.
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